A Temple of Antiterrorism Strategy
Abstract
It its report of 15 December 2000, the Gilmore Commission recommends that the next President develop and present to Congress a national strategy to address the threat of domestic terrorism conventional, cyber, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear from the perspectives of deterrence, prevention, preparedness and response within one year of assuming office. Similar calls for a comprehensive, fully coordinated antiterrorism strategy have been made recently The events of September 11 have in an extremely sad way emphasized this need. In this essay I will present a framework for conceptualizing a possible national counterterrorism strategy. To develop this model, I have used a framework elaborated by RAND, which treats the possible objectives of such a strategy and the means to reach them. In a first step I analyze the RAND framework and I propose some adjustments before using it. In a second step I propose the construction of a Temple of Antiterrorism strategy as an integrated model, taking into account the strategic context, assumptions about the terrorist threats, the objectives of such a strategy and the tools to achieve them as well as the key factors for success and the environmental enablers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA441710
Entities
People
- Roger T. Housen
Organizations
- National War College